Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-02-05
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Friday 10 the ono hundredth anniversary
Of the conservation In England OF The Rev.
Dr. wii,iam White To the episcopsts of the
Protestant Epis,opsl church Ia Pennsy ivan ID
and of the Rsv. IN. Samuel Provost to that
In Nov York. As hy that oct tho three or
dsrs whlch are deemed requisite for the or.
ganization Of an Episcopal church were com.
pleted, II may be said TO have marked thu set.
tlipg on an episcopal basis Of the Protestant
Episcops, church In the United States For
insuv wears before the American revolution
Of i716 msmbsrs Of the Church ot knglsnd
In the colonies had strtven In vain
for tho appointment ot . bishoP Tor
America Tho bishop OF London had ex
Ctficio the overnight OF the Church OF Eng
land In America, and this care wsa dele.
gated at times to com missaries In Mary land,
Virginia and N@w York. But the CON
Intssaries oould exercise no episcopal func-
tions, and candidates for ordsrs were re.
Quir~d to make = long voyage TO Eoeland
{, obtain them. The krown desiro OF the
church colonies for . biahop probably In.
duced Rev. Dr. Welton, irregulariy conse.
Grated bishop by one OF the non Jurors, who
r~jsctsd the ussges concerning the mixed
chsice, prayers for the dead and the invoca.
tion and obia,ion In tho eucharsf, TO visit
America 1t WAS siso claimed oy some,
though the proof II insnihcient, thst tns
Rev. Dr. John TALBOT, Of Burlington, n. j.,
obt ,in~d conascrstion from the non Jurors.
Tbs efforts, however. to obtain bishop were
uuabated, and they contributed In no small
degree tn the feeling against tho mother
country which resulted in American inde.
uandeIce
before the war OF tho revolution was st an
end ths chuTchmen In several OF the states
had endeavorsd To unite their cause, which
hat lang n,sbed naturally during the conflict
,vitn Hpyiand What NAV be COM itterad the
nrst general convention oi the Protestant
Episcopsi church IN the Cnitsd States met
In Philad-iphis, SsPtsmber "a, EsS. A con.
.nnnInisd tn make such changes In the n /.
urav "A To ccommodste Il to the now oondi.
tion of things produced by the revolution.
An sndr.s. from the con yeptiou wss a, nj
to the nrcbbishop, of Canterbury and York
snd the b,sho,,. OF the Church OF Ens.
lend, patitioninv them 70 "contsr
n episcopal character on such pe,.
ans a, ,nAli q, rec,Im M On d ed by this church
ir, the several states here rsprsssntod {; full
sa,isfsction being given Of tho sufliciency of
the uersons recom,pepdsd, and OF its being
the ntention of he uerern body Of the Epis.
couslians In the ssia states respectively 70 re-
ceive them in The quality OF EishouS The
convention asserted that they proieased the
same religious principles as the Church of
Ensland' and appointsd "A committees con.
sis,inu of Ray. Dr. Wiiii.m WhIte Rev D.,
Wiiiism smith. Rev. Dr SamueI Proyofut.
Mes.rn James Dame, samuel Powell ard
Richard Peters. IN saye charge of the CORE,
uondence on the subject until the next col.
yeot,ou.
bishop of Canterbury and eighteen Of the
oishoia repi,ed sfIections,ely aud stated
that while they had every desire to aid them
certain alterations proposed Ia the liturgy
DO extremely cautious lest We should bs he.
instruments oI ssiaoiishng an sscissiast cal
systsm " hich will bs called q branch Of tho
church OF Engl and. but after wards may pos.
sibly appear TO have departed IRON IL e..
ssniisily either in doctrine or in dis.
cipline.h A second address, was sent to the
church Il England discIainiuv auy In.
tsntLoa OF departing from its doctrines.
In the meaptitns John Adams at the re-.
quest OF Richard Henry Lee, president OF
Congress, aud of John Jsy, has laid the
claims OF tho church before the aech-
utahop O. Canterbury. and In Issi the arch.
I bishop made known to the committee that an
oct had been passed by Parliament smpow.
otinw the consscrstion 10 the Office OF bishop
persons subiecis or citizens OF countries
outside the English doniinions, aud that the
consscration OF no more than three bishops
wss contemplated. The convention called
BY the committee met at wilmington, Della.
ware, la Oc,ooer, I7,t, changes satisfactory
20 the English preIacs we're made In the
iitnrgicaI alterations, aud it WAS found that
the Rev Dr. w.iam White rector s,,. 9, Gsr:s n,
the Rev. DR.. Samuel PROVOST, rector ot
Trinity church, New York, and the Rev.
Dr.. David Griffith, rector OF Fairfax paiiah,
Va, had been chosen by the con vsntlons OF
SuO HoSpOVsNO H siio"O osssos sos
conservation In England. According TO the
instruction OF the general couventtoiI, these
three clsrgyinsn bad obtained testimonials to
that effect from tho diocesaa conventions, -
we'll o. certificates from the civil authorities
os the statsa OF Paunsylvauia Virginia aud
New York, that the clergy were at liberty to
keep up their succession Of tSsehsrs
Rev, Dr. 6rifiith, bishop ei, ct Of virginia
vss pyev rented from going 10 England, but
the Rev. ORA White sud Provost with their
tSstimonials signed by the general c0nvsn.
tion, sailed from New York tor England Nc.
ssnber 2, 1856, and reached Falmouth on TIE
10Th Of me same month. On Decamber /
they we're introduced TO the archbishop OF
Canterbury by John Adsms, the United Sia'ss
miois,er TO England, and presented to him
their papers After resolving many courtl.
siss st the hands OF the English bishop, they
waited on the king Oh Fridsy, February 2.
and the Rev. Dr.. White thanked him Tor nav.
lug granted his license TO the archbishOp 40
convey the episcopal successiOn to the church
In America" On Saturday, Fsburary 4, 1857,
the Rev. Dr. White and the Rev. Dr.. Prov0ost
were consacrated to the eplacopate. The
CoIomony took place iu the chapel OF Lam.
Dstn palace, tns residence Of the arch.
bishop. The Rev. DR.. Randolph, one
OF the arch6ishop's chspisin', read the
prsyerA and the Rev. d. Drake, the other
chaplain, preached from the text Let oil
thinge be done decently ana In order." How.
ever timely the text may have bean, Bishop
White did not think that the discourse had
much reference to the PECULIARLY OF the &C.